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BP submits Prudhoe spill plan



By Upstream staff 

BP has submitted a revised plan for preventing and responding to spills at the Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska following pipeline corrosion problems and oil spills earlier this year.

Reuters quoted Alaksa Department of Environmental Conservation official Lydia Miner as saying that the new plan was submitted as part of a routine renewal process that affects all oil operators and transporters in Alaska.

It is the first new plan submitted by BP for its Prudhoe Bay field since a March spill from a corroded pipeline at the facility leaked about 200,000 gallons of oil, the largest crude oil spill on record for Alaska's oil-rich North Slope region.

Under current Alaska state law, contingency plans are in effect for five years, and operators must obtain renewals to continue conducting business.

However, new state regulations that expand regulation over flow and gathering lines will go into effect after this contingency plan update, said Miner.


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